Guest Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Is there a reason for protracting shoulders in Maltses and Planche? I mean, is it because you want to protect your shoulders or is it because it's easier or something like that? Jus curious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Jongseong Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 It's because you can have full body tension and that's the hardest position that generates the most powerful force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Naterman Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Protraction positions the shoulder socket more directly behind the ball (head of the humerus), which stabilizes the joint by centering the forces on the center of the socket. This helps a lot with horizontal straight body positions like PL and ML. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Tomkins Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I am not entirely sure about what is meant by protraction. From the reading I've done it just means I should be pushing my shoulders forward whilst in the planche position (and by forwards I mean towards the floor). Is this right? Retraction would be pulling them backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Exaclty! @Joel TomkinsI don't know if they're supposed to pushed forward AND down, though... Because that's how you would do in a planche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Li Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Protraction is bringing the scapulae apart and retraction is squeezing them together. So your shoulders would be pushing down towards the ground in a planche or maltese and don't mistake this as shoulder flexion in a planche as shoulder flexion is pushing your hands down and forward which is also in planching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razz Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I am not entirely sure about what is meant by protraction. From the reading I've done it just means I should be pushing my shoulders forward whilst in the planche position (and by forwards I mean towards the floor). Is this right? Retraction would be pulling them backwards.Think of it as taking the upper back into the 'hollow' position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Tomkins Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Sure. Thanks everyone, I think I'm doing this already but I can now focus on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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